Forgive me if I missed a post already addressing this topic, but does anyone know when dates are in store for the west coast? I was so thrilled to see my email this am, but it was somewhat short lived because there are no California tour dates listed that I'm aware of. Thanks for your input!
Yes, very disappointing their "expansive" tour does not include the left coast yet. Seems like it's going to be a long time before we get to hear the new tunes.
I'm trying to stay positive, though. Obviously their NYE run will be on the west coast this year. :thumbsup:
I've had some pretty strong rumors of west coast in the fall including but not limited to San Fran in Oct. This same source was dead on with what they told about this tour just announced.
San Fran x3 at the Masonic, as well as all the left coast dates to be towards the end of the year.
Quote from: e_wind on Mar 04, 2015, 08:29 AM
San Fran x3 at the Masonic, as well as all the left coast dates to be towards the end of the year.
Not the Warfield?
Quote from: gluvmiller on Mar 04, 2015, 09:24 AM
Quote from: e_wind on Mar 04, 2015, 08:29 AM
San Fran x3 at the Masonic, as well as all the left coast dates to be towards the end of the year.
Not the Warfield?
lol. Given a preference, I'd choose the Warfield over the Masonic. Easier to get to by BART. But if they're playing 3 nights, I don't really care where they play.
Quote from: buymycar on Mar 04, 2015, 12:38 PM
Quote from: gluvmiller on Mar 04, 2015, 09:24 AM
Quote from: e_wind on Mar 04, 2015, 08:29 AM
San Fran x3 at the Masonic, as well as all the left coast dates to be towards the end of the year.
Not the Warfield?
lol. Given a preference, I'd choose the Warfield over the Masonic. Easier to get to by BART. But if they're playing 3 nights, I don't really care where they play.
LOL, what kind of fan you, Car? Can't walk 9 blocks??!! :kiss:
Agreed. I don't care where it is, I'll see you boys in the City!
I fear the SF run will be the same weekend I am committed to be in freaking Iowa, which is the weekend of Oct. 18. There's chatter of them being at ACL festival, which is two weekends in a row, like Coachella. And it's the first two weekends in Oct. Does ACL operate like Coachella with the same bands playing both weekends? Or more like a Jazz fest with a different lineup each weekend?
Quote from: walterfredo on Mar 04, 2015, 01:01 PM
I fear the SF run will be the same weekend I am committed to be in freaking Iowa, which is the weekend of Oct. 18. There's chatter of them being at ACL festival, which is two weekends in a row, like Coachella. And it's the first two weekends in Oct. Does ACL operate like Coachella with the same bands playing both weekends? Or more like a Jazz fest with a different lineup each weekend?
Oh noes, Walter! Noes!!!!
right! I'd be a lil devastated. Last time MMJ played the Berkeley Greek some of our best friends picked that day (well before the show was announced) for their wedding. Which happened to be in the Oakland hills just minutes away from the venue. Ouch!
What do you guys think of a Vegas date popping up?
I'm looking at going out in Oct/Nov to Las Vegas and would love to catch the guys there. When was the last show in Vegas?
Quote from: vadermaul on Mar 04, 2015, 02:28 PM
What do you guys think of a Vegas date popping up?
I'm looking at going out in Oct/Nov to Las Vegas and would love to catch the guys there. When was the last show in Vegas?
not sure when the actual last ones was, but I'm still salty over the cancelled Vegas show (08? 09?). Had flights purchased and suite reserved at the Hard Rock, show was supposed to be at the Joint at the Hard Rock, but was cancelled weeks before. Never got a good explanation on that one.
Quote from: walterfredo on Mar 04, 2015, 01:01 PM
I fear the SF run will be the same weekend I am committed to be in freaking Iowa, which is the weekend of Oct. 18. There's chatter of them being at ACL festival, which is two weekends in a row, like Coachella. And it's the first two weekends in Oct. Does ACL operate like Coachella with the same bands playing both weekends? Or more like a Jazz fest with a different lineup each weekend?
They will have the same lineup both weekends minus a couple of the lower tier acts.
I hope it's not the Masonic... despite the renovations and how beautiful parts of that venue are, it SUCKS. Extremely long bar lines (only 2 bars in the whole place), bathrooms buried deep in the basement, security busting people for lighting up (during a Ryan Adams show!). Bill Graham is honestly more convenient and user-friendly IMO. Fox would be the best.
Quote from: vespachick on Mar 04, 2015, 12:45 PM
Quote from: buymycar on Mar 04, 2015, 12:38 PM
Quote from: gluvmiller on Mar 04, 2015, 09:24 AM
Quote from: e_wind on Mar 04, 2015, 08:29 AM
San Fran x3 at the Masonic, as well as all the left coast dates to be towards the end of the year.
Not the Warfield?
lol. Given a preference, I'd choose the Warfield over the Masonic. Easier to get to by BART. But if they're playing 3 nights, I don't really care where they play.
LOL, what kind of fan you, Car? Can't walk 9 blocks??!! :kiss:
Agreed. I don't care where it is, I'll see you boys in the City!
That walk up Nob Hill is brutal on the Achilles heels! :wink:
But like mahgeetah said, the Masonic is a funky venue. Not really a rock venue, they've rebranded it as one with higher prices. Was there for the "re-christening" as Beck called it. The sound during his acoustic set was off and only improved when the band plugged in.
I've heard a confirmation from reliable peeps that it's at the Masonic.
Quote from: e_wind on Mar 04, 2015, 06:22 PM
I've heard a confirmation from reliable peeps that it's at the Masonic.
I don't doubt that at all. The Masonic has been the new "hot" venue since it reopened. They gave out posters Fillmore-style after the Beck show. I'm not sure they do it for every show.
I need SF dates. So paranoid it'll be the weekend of 10/18. Please nooooo!
Quote from: walterfredo on Mar 04, 2015, 10:51 PM
I need SF dates. So paranoid it'll be the weekend of 10/18. Please nooooo!
That might be Treasure Island Music Festival weekend. Don't know how that would affect other shows in the city.
Quote from: e_wind on Mar 04, 2015, 06:22 PM
I've heard a confirmation from reliable peeps that it's at the Masonic.
Well shit... I wish artists and their managements knew the particulars of these venues sometimes, sort of doubt they'd bother booking them. The Warfield, Bill Graham, the Fox... all better venues that are sizes that MMJ could work around.
Sorry to bitch but MMJ is the only band at this point in my life that could get me to the Masonic. Bring a flask if you want more than one or two drinks at this venue!
Quote from: mahgeetah on Mar 04, 2015, 03:56 PM
I hope it's not the Masonic... despite the renovations and how beautiful parts of that venue are, it SUCKS. Extremely long bar lines (only 2 bars in the whole place), bathrooms buried deep in the basement, security busting people for lighting up (during a Ryan Adams show!). Bill Graham is honestly more convenient and user-friendly IMO. Fox would be the best.
I assume there is a strict no smoking inside the venue? Being that it's California and all I wouldn't think that would be an issue at all. I wouldn't know wayyy over here in Florida.
Quote from: mahgeetah on Mar 10, 2015, 10:41 PM
Quote from: e_wind on Mar 04, 2015, 06:22 PM
I've heard a confirmation from reliable peeps that it's at the Masonic.
Well shit... I wish artists and their managements knew the particulars of these venues sometimes, sort of doubt they'd bother booking them. The Warfield, Bill Graham, the Fox... all better venues that are sizes that MMJ could work around.
Sorry to bitch but MMJ is the only band at this point in my life that could get me to the Masonic. Bring a flask if you want more than one or two drinks at this venue!
I enjoyed the hell out of that recent Ryan Adams show at the Masonic, though you're right about getting drinks, and that bathroom run sucks. However, the stepped layout really helps getting out and back in if you have to. I'm just fine being down front even if I don't have anything to drink, but I think I'll bring that flask. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Crispy on Mar 10, 2015, 11:02 PM
Quote from: mahgeetah on Mar 10, 2015, 10:41 PM
Quote from: e_wind on Mar 04, 2015, 06:22 PM
I've heard a confirmation from reliable peeps that it's at the Masonic.
Well shit... I wish artists and their managements knew the particulars of these venues sometimes, sort of doubt they'd bother booking them. The Warfield, Bill Graham, the Fox... all better venues that are sizes that MMJ could work around.
Sorry to bitch but MMJ is the only band at this point in my life that could get me to the Masonic. Bring a flask if you want more than one or two drinks at this venue!
I enjoyed the hell out of that recent Ryan Adams show at the Masonic, though you're right about getting drinks, and that bathroom run sucks. However, the stepped layout really helps getting out and back in if you have to. I'm just fine being down front even if I don't have anything to drink, but I think I'll bring that flask. :thumbsup:
All true. Was still an amazing night, so I imagine MMJ will make for the same.
Another weird thing about the Masonic from the two recent shows I saw there, was if you left the lower floor area (the pit) to go to the bathroom or whatever, they wouldn't let you back on to the floor if they deemed it at "capacity." Didn't make a difference that I insisted I had just left from there and that friends/girlfriend/pregnant wife whatever was down there waiting for me, you were shit out of luck unless you snuck pass the security guard when a deluge of people were exiting.
Are there rails at the front edge of each tier on the GA floor like at the Wiltern in LA?
I thought the renovations at the Masonic made it sound pretty damn good on paper, so I'm a little disappointed in these eye/ear witness reports from the trenches.
The Fillmore is a little slice of immunity from the smoking laws in California, as long as its weed being smoked! :grin: At least it was in 2008-2010 at the Black Crowes' December runs and for as long as I can remember back to the 80s. Drenched in history, its one of my fave venues in the world.
But I'll take a multi-night run indoors at a medium sized venue in SF any time. So glad its not at the Bill Graham Civic, I hate that place.
Quote from: mahgeetah on Mar 12, 2015, 12:38 AM
Another weird thing about the Masonic from the two recent shows I saw there, was if you left the lower floor area (the pit) to go to the bathroom or whatever, they wouldn't let you back on to the floor if they deemed it at "capacity." Didn't make a difference that I insisted I had just left from there and that friends/girlfriend/pregnant wife whatever was down there waiting for me, you were shit out of luck unless you snuck pass the security guard when a deluge of people were exiting.
They tried that shit on me at the Fonda in Los Angeles at the Tom Petty shows last year. I walked to the front of the line and just told them I was going thru and kept walking without looking back. No one tried to stop me. We didn't wait for hours before the show standing up so that I could listen to part of the show from the lobby while LD stood alone inside. Fuck that shit! I didn't try to go to the bathroom again after that, though.
Quote from: Crispy on Mar 10, 2015, 11:02 PM
Quote from: mahgeetah on Mar 10, 2015, 10:41 PM
Quote from: e_wind on Mar 04, 2015, 06:22 PM
I've heard a confirmation from reliable peeps that it's at the Masonic.
Well shit... I wish artists and their managements knew the particulars of these venues sometimes, sort of doubt they'd bother booking them. The Warfield, Bill Graham, the Fox... all better venues that are sizes that MMJ could work around.
Sorry to bitch but MMJ is the only band at this point in my life that could get me to the Masonic. Bring a flask if you want more than one or two drinks at this venue!
I enjoyed the hell out of that recent Ryan Adams show at the Masonic, though you're right about getting drinks, and that bathroom run sucks. However, the stepped layout really helps getting out and back in if you have to. I'm just fine being down front even if I don't have anything to drink, but I think I'll bring that flask. :thumbsup:
I'll bring my flask too, Crispy. Gotta have a mid-show drink!
Don't get me wrong, we still had a blast at those Masonic shows (M Mouse and Ryan Adams), but aside from making the floor GA/not seated, the renovations really are mostly all cosmetic. Bill Graham is a dump but I honestly have had less hassles there than at the Masonic. I thought MMJ there in 2011 was fine.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - The Waiting (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMyCa35_mOg#)